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d94d34f05f4ae3efa07de409489d68bbcc216346 doc: update developer notes wrt unix epoch time (Jon Atack) e2f32cb5c5c7f2b1d1fc7003587b6573fb59526a qa: unify unix epoch time descriptions (Jon Atack) Pull request description: Closes #17613. Updated call sites: mocktime, getblockheader, getblock, pruneblockchain, getchaintxstats, getblocktemplate, setmocktime, getpeerinfo, setban, getnodeaddresses, getrawtransaction, importmulti, listtransactions, listsinceblock, gettransaction, getwalletinfo, getaddressinfo Commands for testing manually: ``` bitcoind -help-debug | grep -A1 mocktime bitcoin-cli help getblockheader bitcoin-cli help getblock bitcoin-cli help pruneblockchain bitcoin-cli help getchaintxstats bitcoin-cli help getblocktemplate bitcoin-cli help setmocktime bitcoin-cli help getpeerinfo bitcoin-cli help setban bitcoin-cli help getnodeaddresses bitcoin-cli help getrawtransaction bitcoin-cli help importmulti bitcoin-cli help listtransactions bitcoin-cli help listsinceblock bitcoin-cli help gettransaction bitcoin-cli help getwalletinfo bitcoin-cli help getaddressinfo ``` ACKs for top commit: laanwj: re-ACK d94d34f05f4ae3efa07de409489d68bbcc216346 Tree-SHA512: 060713ea4e20ab72c580f06c5c7e3ef344ad9c2c9cb034987d980a54e3ed2ac0268eb3929806daa5caa7797c45f5305254fd499767db7f22862212cf77acf236
Bitcoin Core
Setup
Bitcoin Core is the original Bitcoin client and it builds the backbone of the network. It downloads and, by default, stores the entire history of Bitcoin transactions, which requires a few hundred gigabytes of disk space. Depending on the speed of your computer and network connection, the synchronization process can take anywhere from a few hours to a day or more.
To download Bitcoin Core, visit bitcoincore.org.
Running
The following are some helpful notes on how to run Bitcoin Core on your native platform.
Unix
Unpack the files into a directory and run:
bin/bitcoin-qt(GUI) orbin/bitcoind(headless)
Windows
Unpack the files into a directory, and then run bitcoin-qt.exe.
macOS
Drag Bitcoin Core to your applications folder, and then run Bitcoin Core.
Need Help?
- See the documentation at the Bitcoin Wiki for help and more information.
- Ask for help on #bitcoin on Freenode. If you don't have an IRC client, use webchat here.
- Ask for help on the BitcoinTalk forums, in the Technical Support board.
Building
The following are developer notes on how to build Bitcoin Core on your native platform. They are not complete guides, but include notes on the necessary libraries, compile flags, etc.
- Dependencies
- macOS Build Notes
- Unix Build Notes
- Windows Build Notes
- FreeBSD Build Notes
- OpenBSD Build Notes
- NetBSD Build Notes
- Gitian Building Guide (External Link)
Development
The Bitcoin repo's root README contains relevant information on the development process and automated testing.
- Developer Notes
- Productivity Notes
- Release Notes
- Release Process
- Source Code Documentation (External Link)
- Translation Process
- Translation Strings Policy
- JSON-RPC Interface
- Unauthenticated REST Interface
- Shared Libraries
- BIPS
- Dnsseed Policy
- Benchmarking
Resources
- Discuss on the BitcoinTalk forums, in the Development & Technical Discussion board.
- Discuss project-specific development on #bitcoin-core-dev on Freenode. If you don't have an IRC client, use webchat here.
- Discuss general Bitcoin development on #bitcoin-dev on Freenode. If you don't have an IRC client, use webchat here.
Miscellaneous
- Assets Attribution
- bitcoin.conf Configuration File
- Files
- Fuzz-testing
- Reduce Memory
- Reduce Traffic
- Tor Support
- Init Scripts (systemd/upstart/openrc)
- ZMQ
- PSBT support
License
Distributed under the MIT software license.